Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4063, John Glenn, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Glenn, John
19. 4063
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
1063
P. O. _____
John Glenn
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Oct 7 th June 1833
Repeated
See letter Mr. Wood 1832
To
Augustus C. French Albion
Edwards Co 4063 Illinois

John Glenn Application for a Pension
John Glenn June 7. '32

John Glenn June 7. '32
John Glenn Application for a brother

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. — State of Illinois
Lawrence County } ss. On this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1833 personally appeared in Open Court, (said) Court being a Court of Record, now sitting in said County, Honorable William Wilson Judge John Glenn a resident of said County of Lawrence & State of Illinois, aged about 75 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated: That —
William That he entered the service with the State Troops about 1781. — That — Willis was Colonel — Black Captain — Adjutant General. That he continued in service about three months and then returned Home. That when called into service he lived in Barclay County Virginia. That he went as a substitute for his Brother James Glenn That he was engaged in guarding Cornwallis Army when Prisoners. That he is not acquainted with the certain year in which he was Born, nor has he any documentary evidence of his age. That he was Born in Barclay County Virginia about 1758. and lived there till 1787. Then removed to Nelson County Kentucky & lived in said State till 1827. from whence he removed to the State of Illinois Lawrence County where he resides at this time. That he has no documen- tary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. That he never received a discharge

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
John Glenn Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore- said M c Lean Clk L. Cir. Court
We Richard Gardner a Clergyman residing in Lawrence County and state of Illinois and Daniel
Murvin residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Glenn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the Richard Gardner day & year aforesaid Daniel Murvin M c Lean Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Gardner who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Lawrence County aforesaid that Daniel
Murvin who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit — James M c Lean Clerk of the Circuit Court for Lawrence County State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Glenn for a pension, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 17 day of September A.D. 1833.
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